New species of Fuscoboletinus added

One new species was added today on the site, Fuscoboletinus paluster. I must admit that I knew but I have forgotten for a long time that records of this generally North American and Asiatic species are available from Republic of Karelia at least since 1979. A short description is . . . → Read More: New species of Fuscoboletinus added

New photos and information added

I am running slightly behind schedule and was delaying the upload of some nice photographs. They were sent to me by A. Akulov, O. Marsico, L. Kaposváry and R. Vassilev.

The photos are now online and might be seen under the following boletes:

Gyrodon lividus (A. Akulov) Leccinum piceinum . . . → Read More: New photos and information added

Historical bolete illustrations added

Some old illustrations of boletes were added today and are now seen under the following species:

Boletinus cavipes

Boletus dupainii

Boletus pseudosulphureus (illustration of Boletus junquilleus, considered as synonym)

Chalciporus amarellus (illustration of Boletus pierrhuguesii, considered as synonym)

Phylloporus pelletieri (illustration of Agaricus paradoxus, considered as synonym)

Suillus bellinii

Xerocomus communis

New photographs added

Today some new photographs were uploaded on the site, thanks to Dr Guillaume Eyssartier. One of them is of Suillus mediterraneensis, a species likely restricted to the Mediterranean as it name shows. The other especially valuable contribution is one excellent photo of Xerocomus cisalpinus, one species that is still little known . . . → Read More: New photographs added

Photographs of Xerocomus ripariellus added

Thanks to Dr. Guillaume Eyssartier, the site is now featuring photographs of Xerocomus ripariellus. This is a very beautiful bolete, resembling some other red-capped European boletes. In fact, it is one of the few European species with ornamented striate spores. It is not yet clear if it is rare . . . → Read More: Photographs of Xerocomus ripariellus added

New photographs added

Today I added a large set of photographs of different boletes. These were kindly sent to me by Gyorgos Konstantinidis, web-master of the site Manitari.gr and author of many excellent field guides on the Greek larger fungi. Some photos were also presented by Yiannis Sytilidis and Polyvios Mavros, to whom I . . . → Read More: New photographs added

Photos of Xerocomus chrysonemus and X. silwoodensis added

Today, photos of two little known xerocomoid boletes were added to the site, namely Xerocomus chrysonemus and X. silwoodensis, both of them very recently described. The images were generously provided by the British boletologist Alan Hills, author of the species.

Although both species are of great . . . → Read More: Photos of Xerocomus chrysonemus and X. silwoodensis added

Photos of Boletus flavosanguineus added

Yesterday, photographs of Boletus flavosanguineus were uploaded on the site. These were very kindly provided by O. Marsico, whose support is greatly acknowledged.

A new species of Gomphidius added

Today I added information about Gomphidius tyrrhenicus. This interesting fungus was first describes in 2002 as Gomphidius mediterraneus by D. & M. Antonini. Unfortunately, they did not notice that the name G. mediterraneus was already validly published by Finschow yet in 1978. This made Antonini’s G. mediterraneus illegitimate. . . . → Read More: A new species of Gomphidius added

A new species of Boletus added

Since 1990 there has hardly been an year to pass, without a new bolete described.  2011 will not be an exclusion of this rule, as we have a new species of Boletus described from Italy.

The new species is called Boletus adalgisae and information about it was added . . . → Read More: A new species of Boletus added